Converting/Merging Multiple part multi-chapter M4Bs to single MP3 Audiobook
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:51 pm
Due to the usual size limit on M4Bs I have quite a few audiobooks in my library that are split into parts. Which ends up with an audiobook often split into 3 or 4 M4Bs each being chaptered. To complicate things a little the numbering of chapters often starts over for each M4B. So, if I extract all the M4Bs of the audiobook at once I end up with a bit of a mess and am unsure of the proper ordering of all the resulting M4As. This is less of a how to question and more just asking if I can be sure that if I Merge A multi-m4b audiobook to a single MP3 audiobook that all the chapter's/files will be processed and merged in the same order listed in Xrecode3. I have a multi-core processor so it's easy to watch it extract files out of order... I assume because the smaller chapters finish first, and that has nothing to do with their proper reading order.
Currently, I have been extracting each M4B individually, Then using a file renamer to add a prefix like "part 1 - ", "part 2 - " , etc. to each batch of M4As in order to assure they all sort into their proper reading order. I then feed all the M4As of multiple M4Bs back into Xrecode3 to convert/merge to a single mp3 file with a cue file to keep the chapter information. So, yeah, I really just want to know if I need to go through all the extra steps I've created for my peace of mind in the result... or if I can just throw in the multiple Multi-chapter M4Bs and merge to single MP3 all in in one go without any worry as to the order the chapters all get stitched back together?
Currently, I have been extracting each M4B individually, Then using a file renamer to add a prefix like "part 1 - ", "part 2 - " , etc. to each batch of M4As in order to assure they all sort into their proper reading order. I then feed all the M4As of multiple M4Bs back into Xrecode3 to convert/merge to a single mp3 file with a cue file to keep the chapter information. So, yeah, I really just want to know if I need to go through all the extra steps I've created for my peace of mind in the result... or if I can just throw in the multiple Multi-chapter M4Bs and merge to single MP3 all in in one go without any worry as to the order the chapters all get stitched back together?